providedcal author evidence of just how pliable hezekiah brown could be. owny called hezekiah and he said he saw woodfox and three other black men. >> hezekiah was one you could put words in his mouth. renee: that last voice hilton butler, a former warden at angola, talking about hezekiah brown, a key witness for the state's case against albert woodfox and herman wallace. talkt woodfox can you about the allegations against you and who is and who was hezekiah brown? time, myself and herman wallace were very active in the prison population, trying to organize resistance to some of the corruption that was going on, the brutality, guys being murdered almost every day were brutally beaten -- or brutally beaten. so we think that when officer miller was killed, we all automatically became public enemy number one as farce the security staff and the administration of the louisiana state president -- penitentiary. shock, although it was a it was not a surprise. the a-3e first one of to be law that -- locked up in the dungeon for the brent miller killing. in the next

brown. >> so the pieces are coming together? >> so the pieces were coming together. >> this 1893 newspaper article squares the circle. it reports that hezekiahthe condemned man's leg irons, but not by brown. it seems the upstanding minister cut an under-the-table deal with an elderly african-american woman at the jail to purchase brown's shackles for $8. the news story also attests to the powerful symbolism those shackles held for opponents of slavery, including the famous abolitionist preacher henry ward beecher. >> beecher used a set of shackles which he stated were the shackles that had bound john brown. he "trampled them at the pulpit." the historical record indicates that my great-grandfather's brother lent those shackles to beecher. >> certain the shackles are brown's, john's duty is now to find out what they're worth. and he knows how do that. >> there's no better way to gauge the true fair-market value of anything than to put it up for a public auction. >> so john sends photos of the shackles to heritage auctions in dallas, which has some expertise in this area. in 2007 it sold an oil painting of john brown for $17,000, and in 2010 a

brown. >> so the pieces are coming together? >> so the pieces were coming together. >> this 1893 newspaper article squares the circle. it reports that hezekiahdemned man's leg irons, but not by brown. it seems the upstanding minister cut an under-the-table deal with an elderly african-american woman at the jail to purchase brown's shackles for $8. the news story also attests to the powerful symbolism those shackles held for opponents of slavery, including the famous abolitionist preacher henry ward beecher. >> beecher used a set of shackles which he stated were the shackles that had bound john brown. he "trampled them at the pulpit." the historical record indicates that my great-grandfather's brother lent those shackles to beecher. >> certain the shackles are brown's, john's duty is now to find out what they're worth. and he knows how do that. >> there's no better way to gauge the true fair-market value of anything than to put it up for a public auction. >> so john sends photos of the shackles to heritage auctions in dallas, which has some expertise in this area. in 2007 it sold an oil painting of john brown for $17,000, and in 2010 a steel